Experience practicing confrontation and boundaries?

@chibihida I'm feeling the same exact way. I'm an introvert and I get so nervous with confrontation and setting/enforcing boundaries. Plus with quarantine I'm not getting a lot of social practice so I find when I start to talk I trip on my words & get really nervous.

The only thing I find that helps sometimes is count 3-2-1 go and just say it. My therapist also says that you deserve to set boundaries and how they react is their responsibility not your problem, can't control how people react & they are in control of their own emotions. I just feel guilty for setting boundaries/saying no, so part of it is reassuring myself by talking to my therapist or best friend assuring me I did the right thing.

@canadepressedpersondothis

A countdown? I'm not sure that will help but I can give it a try... Maybe that extra "push" is what I need to spit out whatever I have to say.

And I think that's what I need lol. A friend that tells me I deserve to set boundaries and that I did the right thing, even if people don't like what I have to say.

@chibihida Following! I get this too